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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-02-24
ADDIrIONAL DISPATCHES.

SIGNOR DEPRETIs has submitted the fol
lowing cabinet list to the King of Italy
Count Robilant, foreign affairs; Signo1
Sarrace, interior; Slgnor Magliani, finance
Signor Wall, war; Signor Briani, marine;
Signor Grimaldi, public works.
The Merchants National Bank, of Dead
wood, d. T., has failed.
| AN extensive plot has been discovered fol
a Polish rising in the event of Russo
Austrian or Russo-German war. Many
Russian imperial officers are implicated
Twenty persons have been arrested
THE house Of A. r. Foster, at Otsego
Mich, was wrecked by dynamite recently
No clew to the perpetrators
| AUSTRALIAN advices by the steamer Tea
landia state that sixty lives were lost by the
recent floods at Brisbane, Queensland. The
damage to property was enormous but could
not be estimated.
| PHILLIPS Bros, wholesale dry goods,
! Baltimore, have assigned. Liabilities,
| t2OO,OOO.
GENERAL ROBERT B. POTTER died at New
port, K. L., recently. He was one of the ia
nous family of sons Of Bishop Alonzo Pot
ter, of Pennsylvania.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
February 10 showed an average decrease
Of la compared with the corresponding
week Of last year. In New York the de-
crease was &c.
GEORGE w. STRAIGHT's planning mill and
Schubert's Bros toy factory, 70S to 713
Center avenue, Chicago, burned the other
morning. Loss, $4,000. Incendiarism was
the probable cause of the fire.
THE recent fire at the American Cotton
Docks, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, in
volved a loss, as reported, of $780, 600.
ALL but five companies of the French
troops now in Madagascar have been re.
called.
Mrs. CLEvELAND's last public reception
at the White House was attended by about
ten thousand persons.
HENRY OvERsroLTz, of ST. Louis, has
been nominated as Assistant Treasurer OF
the United States at st. Louis.
THE Senate Committee on Printing has
agreed to report adversely on the nomina-
ton Of Public Printer Benedict.
STRIKERS on the street car lines at East
Cambridge, Mass, raised a small riot on
the 10th, non-union men being assaulted
and cars wrecked.
The Senate, on the 10Th, adopted the con-
ference report on the Trade Dollar bill.
The River and Harbor bill was considered.
In the House the Committee on Invalid
Pensions presented a report recommend
ing that the Dependent Pension bill be
passed over the Presidents veto.
BUSINESS was fair on the European
bourses during the week ended February
-. American and Canadian securities
were improved.
The Legislature of New Mexico has
made train wrecking and attempted train
wrecking punishable by death, and has
passed stringent laws against CARRYING and
using deadly weapons, and against cruelty
70 animals and enacted On anti political jury
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OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.

The United States the Most Prosperous
Nation ON the Globe.
Nations are now taking rank in the
order of their wealth. For it is wealth
that creates great armies. builds power
full navies, provides invaluable defenses.
schools soldiers, establishes institutions
of learning, projects and executes great
enterprises. Wealth is the expression
of what q people has accomplished.
The nations of the old world had an
immense start of the United States in
the amount of wealth they had accumu-
lated when the country became an inde-
pendent government. Their cities were
built, their bridges were then over their
streams, their castles were constructed,
their dwellings for working people were
built their fields were cultivated. their
vineyards were bearing, their orchards
were yielding fruit, their factories were
established. All this represented the
accumulated wealth of many centuries.
The United States began with nothing,
or nearly nothing. The people of this
country have now worked century.
The United States is now the richest
nation on the globe.
The following table from Mulhalrs
book showing the wealth of the princi-
pal nations Of the world gives the
United States the first rank:
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appointing to us, but we were made to
see the force Of fathers arguments.
and so did not make any further pro-
tests against them.
The fawn was . pretty little crea-
ture, with hair as smooth and sleek as
that on a lady's head. 1t was of
light-brown color. spotted over with
the purest patches of white and gray.
Its eyes were so soft and pleading that
they seemed to be the windows of
human soul.
The next morning did see the return
of the doe. We were at breakfast, with
the little fawn tapping its milk from
pan near the stove, when Jim startled
ua all by sudden exclamation of sur
prise.
There she is! There she is now!
See, papa, she is waiting for the fawn."
We all turned to see the cause of
Jim's sudden surprise. Right in front
of the house, standing underneath a
huge chestnut tree, was the doe and
mother of our little pet. She was look
ing wistfully at us. as much as to say
that she was now ready to receive her
charge from us again. Back Of her,
but nearer to the edge of the forest,
stood her mate, apparently in considers
BILE doubt about the issue of the does
mission.
The fawn had not yet seen its mother.
but was quietly tapping its milk, as if
unconscious of any thing else in the
world. 1 took the little creature in my
arms, and went to the door with it
where it could see its mother. A joy
full recognition was almost simultan-
eously made between the two, and the
next moment the mother was licking
the fawn's fur lovingly. The fawn re-
turned the token of love by leaping about
on the grass. and starting toward the
house again with every sign Of affection.
The mother manifested her pleasure
in as open manner. She played and
frolicked with the little one for several
minutes, and then looked at us with
her great hazel eyes, thanking us for
our kindness. The two soon after
trotted off together and disappeared
in the forest.
We had named the fawn Pet, and al
though we were able to pet the little
creature only once in q great while,
we always spoke of it as one Of our own
friends. We lived on the farm until
the little creature grew up, and. before
we left, she brought another little fawn
to us. her own, which she exhibited to
us with all the signs of motherly affcc-
tion.-Geo. e. Walsh, in Christian
| Union.
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PuNcENT. PARAGRAPHS.

lin California ostriches sell for
1900 per pair.
Struggle toughens the mind, until
by-and-by we do not mind the strug-
gle.
The certain way to be cheated is
to fancy yourself more cunning than
others.
Men lift their hats. Women do
not, thank Heaven! They are quite
high enough without any lifting.
Fashionable women shed more
tears over spoiled dresses than over
spoiled children.-L Louisville Democrat
I've got an elegant idea for to-
morrow's paper" said rising young
journalist. ''Are you going to credit
itP' was the sarcastic rejoinder of .
fellow scribbler. MerchGnt Traveller.
"A boy in the public school defined
man as composed of half water and
half avariciousness. When very ava
ricious his water is principally in stock.
-Anniston (Ala.) Hot Blast.
What an arm! You must have
been m athlete in your day, perhaps
pugilistr" mo; I'm . musician. This
muscle all came from practice on the
trombone. -
We can guard against yellow fever
.nu o'us. u's~ DasAs' Dus - ~. ns
ing nas ZEN io1nu ~ ,o .u e nss
'ne oIoa.os nor 20 . susn S.0 s"'
,'ollo ~ s'aeln ose, "o'A '''0'' ''e
@e",p'''s 1oa'e'''e''e'
'nlne.y "as VIZ U"enou 800
s'a'e =. Pol'oc''on w looo"say' eays
an e4cnsnse' saw sons ouln M, pa Pu'
in'o .ne hopper - : conoo inln' "nu -
'ess .nsn Two ln'au"s my VIZ 49,
Pying = P.sco :. sIvcey "o"'
'aoe,,eu. l,1e o'u Mo'u
ma s s'an- x,: .u = suo oAos'' :; =
sun useu = r,'',o 0o".ry sny1 -
MEXICAN U"ns a' .w1 avo,
es; almoss eu'' ~. NY ..W W.
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The Burning Of Theaters.

DR.. Choquet, in q work recently pub
lished in Paris, gives the following fig
ures as to the theaters burned since
1850, in periods of ten years: From
1850 to 1760. 4 theaters burned; 1760 to
1770,8; ITO to 1880, IL; 1850 to 1890. Is;
1890 to 1900. Is; 1900 to 1910. II; 1910
to 1920. 10; 1920 to 1880, so; 1880 to
1910. so; 1910 to 1850, "a; 1850 to 1860,
rs; 1860 to 1870. 1903; 1870 to 1880. 169;
1880 to 1885, liza. The writer follows
up these statistics by giving the nrm-
Der of victims. From 1850 to 1850, 10;
1760 to ITO. 4; ITO to 1880, Is; 1880
to 1890. 81; 1870 to 1900. 1.010; 1900 to
1910. 81; 1910 to 1920. IS; 1920 to 1880,
1O5; 1880 to 1910. 81S; 1910 to 1850,
2.144; 1850 to 1860, PAL; 1860 to 1870.
104; 1870 to 1880, 1,217; 1880 to 1885,
628; total, 6.57S, or an average of 48
per annum. The most calamitom Of
these disasters were those at Capo d.
Istra, in 1894. when 1000 persons were
killed; St Petersburg. in 1886, which
resulted in the loss of 800 lives; Canton.
in 1845. which had ], $40 victims; Brook
Ign. in 1876, with 28S; Shanghai, in
1871. 40; Tentsin, in 1872, 600; and
lastly the Ring Theater, Vienna, which
had $50 victims. st. Louis Globe Dem
ecrat
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Good carpets from common moss
(Hypnum vulgaris) are the production
Of a French manufacturer.
I'm every form Of production mere
muscle counts for less and less, and
brain and machinery for more ana
more.
The curious fact has been ob1erved
in Rome, and at some places in North
ern Italy, that . thermometer In the
shade will sometimes indicate higher
temperature than . thermometer in
the sun. particularly when strong
wind is blowing upon the latter instru-
ment
An Improvement in the manufact-
ure of spirit levels consists in placing
the glass tube containing the body OF
spirit in heavier glass tube, with .
rubber or elastic bearing interposed be-
tween the holder and tube, thus main
tanning them from contact with one
another.-Boston Budget.
"A standard thermometer is made
with dial upon which the figures are
as easily read as upon clock. In this
instrument strips Of metal which are
unequally acted upon by heat or cold
are soldered together in the form OF
spirals. The action of the temperature
is multiplied by delicate wheels and
pinions.
Mr.. John Murray. Of the Chal-
Ienger Expedition, recently said in the
Royal Society of Edinburgh, that he
questioned whether any country in the
world, taking its size into considers
ton, could show . better record Of
scientific work or greater mass OF
scientific literature than Scotland dur
ing the past ten or twenty years
Public Opinion. .
Mica has been made by French
chemists by fusing q mixture of the
constituents of the micas with potas-
stun silicofiuoride, and capitalization
being facilitated by the addition Of
notassium arsenate. In this wav.
ar,o,,c oth.-s .-v.t.,s oIo.alv ~esor,,
-" e :. os' =. $500 e v.s....;.ss
Dins lug lell y NOUS n''0aS - 'o'us'u'
nave Deen PreParoo'
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He Heard Of II Daily.

An English rustic had been sent by
his shrewish wife to market to sell the
pig. On the way he went into SO many
ale-houses that he got drunk.
The unmatched pig strayed away and
never returned. But il he never again
heard the musical squealing Of tho pig.
his wife did not let him forget the loss
or his own misdeeds.
A few weeks afterward some one
asked him if he had heard any thing Of
the pig yet
"Heard Of 'imr' he answered.
heard Of Tim! u az, / hears Of i'm
most days. ~ Hosth's Companson.
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The statistician's table sums up the
wealth of each people and impartially
sets it down. The results exceedingly
instructive, and especially gratifying
to every American. Francisco
Chronicle
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-Applicant-..Are you in need OF
collector7 have good references here
from Black & Son, my late employers -
Manager-"Why did you leave themF"
Applicant--"Well you see, their Gus
toners got so they all knew me, and
could dodge me, which necessitated .
change. BOSTON Globe.
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MlscELLANEous.

pO0uSAuAvQ AVAA0 O<ehAAO " = vSAy H>'>-
place when they emigrated to this
world.
Newark. N. j., expended 100000
on sewer, and now finds the scheme
to be failure
--She-"That piece of goods is very
narrow to cost $l65 yardr' He
Eyes; but my good woman, just see
how long it is. - TEXAS Siftings.
"A citizen of Syracuse, N. ". claims
to own the largest dog in the world
The animal weighs POS pounds and
measures six feet three inches from the
nose to tail.
First Tramp-.'Bill. look at this
sponge in this yer winder. It's six feetin
diameter" Second Tramp And just
think, Joe. it'll hold eight quarts Of
beer"
DIR. Martineau, French physician.
claims that carbonate of lithia and
arseniate of soda in aerated water, used
to the exclusion of other drinks, Is
almost an infallible cure for diabetes
-Arkansaw Traveller.
"A Unitarian newspaper, the Chris
tian Register. has been the recipient
recently Of requests. of $500 and $1,000
respectively, to be used in sending the
paper to non-subscribers.
Greeley, Col, has become famous
for its large crops of excellent potatoes
that are sent to several States and Ter
ritories. Irrigation and potatoes seem
to 60 well together in Colorado
Farms. Field and Etockn,an.
"A murderer in jail at Memphis,
Tenn. was permitted by the sjailer to
attend a picnic in one Of the suburbs
of the city. few days ago, escorted by
q guard Of one man. He was the hero
of the occasion. The girls smiled on
him, the band played 'See, the Con-
quering Hero Comes" and the men set
up the beer.
AT Kingston, N. T., one day last
week, female typewriter was unable
to perform on the epistolarv instrument
while hearing the strains of hand
organ, and it was not until the music
had ceased that she could continue
writing. The rhythm of the type
writer was all out Of tune with that Of
the hand-organ, she explained.
The roof garden has been made so
popular in New York since its success
full introduction at the Casino that the
idea is being initiated in, or rather on.
private houses Of the fat-roof variety.
It is hardly correct to call it an inven-
ton, however. since in at least two ia
nous cities of the tropics. Jerusalem
and Mexico. the roof garden has been
fashion time out of mind.-Boston
Transcript.
"A Smithville colored man went
fishing the other day and caught .
cooter. In trying to get the hook out
Of its mouth the cooter caught his fin
ger, whereupon he sat him calmly
down. observing that The would have
to wait until it Numbered before the
cooter would let CO." But he got tired
waiting. and finally succeeded in get
ting his finger free. -Sduonnah Nes0s.
Beautiful I" said the drummer.
''Sixty birds in two hours, and only
missed two Shots" A quiet gentleman
sitting in q corner Of the hotel Office
put down his paper. rushed across the
room and grasped him warmly by the
hand. "Allow me to congratulate you,
sir" he said; Il am professional my
self" professional sportsman" mo,
professional liar ~ Erch0u0e.
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"A cannon ball in motion, 1t the
rate of thirteen hundred feet q second,
has been photographed by Hungarian
artist at Pesth.
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lice sergeant gave the youngstsr two or
three sound whacks on the back, and
out came toy bugle. which had lodged
in the infants throat.
Two young ladies were sitting to-
Eether In street-car. One Of them
was very pale and thin and seemed to
be suffering. At the next corner the
invalid got up and left the car. A
gentleman who had been sitting oppo-
site said to the remaining lady: SIX
cuse ma. / am q physician. / per-
ceive your friend is an invalid"
Eyes" was the reply. ''she has heart
trouble" Probably an aneurism. -
mo: . West Point cadet. "-Exchanae.
The Miners Union at Butte. Mon
tAna, has . novel way Of increasing its
membership. One day last week. LOO
members Of the association marched in
. body to the Blue Bird mine. where
were employed some fifty Italians at
less than the union scale Of wages. and,
corraling the Representatives Of sunny
Italy marched them to the unions hall
and initiated them. No violence was
used, but some forcible persuasion
Hereafter they will get the full price
$3.50 per day--when they work UNDER
ground. Their addition increased the
membership Of the union from 1850 to
1000, and the Blue Bird will only en-
ploy union men hereafter. Notice was
Oivan All straOO1era at small mines to
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look at us, dropped its head on the
grass.
When the pursuing hound burst forth
from the forest, l held the little tremb-
ling creature in my arms. while father
took up his rife again, and prepared
himself to defend it. With nose close
to the ground the fierce dog rushed
toward US, until he caught sight Of
fathers rifle pointed at its head. The
sight of the fawn spurred him on. but
the fear OF the deadly weapon. which he
had doubtless learned the nature of
long before, stopped him when within
. few feet Of us.
Father told the hound to charge,
which he did after reluctant look at
his victim. Then, fastening q chain to
the collar which he wore, he took the
bafded creature to tree, where he was
securely chained.
The hound proved to be.merely one
Of pack which had become lost in the
chase. The hunters had not ventured
on fathers ground. and the whole dis
turbance had been caused by one stray
dog. The owners of the canine never
had the courage to call for their prop
erty, and so father kept the hound for
his own use, and, in time, trained him
20 that he would not attempt to chase
the deer when loosed.
That night Jim and / had our ambi-
ton realized. We had a pet fawn
whose back we could stroke at pleas
ure, aud who seemed delighted to feed
ont of our hands. There were various
schemes proposed by Us ~ to what we
should name our pet and where we
should keep it. But father tumbled
them sll to the ground when he said
that he expected the mother Of the lit
tie creature to call for it in the morn
ing, and that he would be in honor
bound, compelled to give the animal
up to its rightful owner. II was dis
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
FOREIGN.
Cardinal Gibbons Upholds
the X. of L.
BULGARIA NOW NEUTRAL.
A Fearful Explosion in France
EntOmbs over One Hundred
Miners.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
ROME, March 1.-The correspondent
of the Associated Press is authorized to
state that the American Bishops take a
favorable view of the organization known
in the United States as the knights of
Labor. Cardiaal Gibbons has placed be-
fore the Vatican the formal statement as
to the nature OF the organization and of
the attitude which the church should
adopt towards it. The Cardinal says
that nearly one.third of the men belong
ing to the organization are Roman
Catholics. Respecting tho charge that
the association is secret order the Car.
dnal says that it is not secret in the
sense condemned by the church and that
it ought consequently to be exempt from
canonical censure. In Canada the case
is different. Cardinal Gibbons further
says that he considers the organization
of the Knights of Labor in the United
States not only as harmless. but possibly
as beneficial in assisting in the eventual
settlement of the great question of the
proper relations between labor and
capital,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
Personal Mention.

M. v. Biscailuz, Esq., returned yes
terday from San Francisco.
J. Il. Green, of Omaha, General Trav-
cling Passenger Agent of the Union
Pacific, is in the city.
Col. Snedburg, late Department Com
mander G. A. r., left for his home in
San Francisco yesterday.
Mr.. j. G. Peacock, Jr., the editor and
proprietor of the Cotton Ecening Semi
Iropic, is in the city on flying business
trip.
Edwin Booth, the great tragedian,
arrived from the East last night at half
past seven o'clock aud is at the Nadcau
House.
w. w. Elsberry, Democratic Con-
gresham from Ohio, is stopping at the
st. Charles Hotel. He arrived here on
Monday night.
| Col. c.. Mason Kinne and his wife,
Elizabeth Kinne, President of the Ma
tional Relief Corps, left for San Fran
cisco yesterday.
Jerome Forney, of Racine, Wis, is
the guest of his daughter, Mrs John
Beening. He will probably make this
his future home.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
In THE TOLLS.
.sShovers of the Queer'' Arrested
by the Ca ma ian Police.

New YORK, March IA dispatch tc
the Eceming Post from Montreal says
Dominion secret service detectives have
at last succeeded in unearthing and ar
resting part of a dangerous gang of coun'
terfeiters and their accomplices who for
the last twelve months have been flood
ing the Dominion with counterfeit bills.
The persons arrested are Charles Bines, a
sporting man, gambler and hotel-keeper,
and Thomas Power, alias "The Kid" a
notorious burglar, thief and American
contidence.man.
The counterfeits are engraved by an
American gang in Western Canada, and
are being ''shoved" by Con Kearns. one
of the most dangerous criminals of the
United States. While engaged in circu-
latipg counterfets here during carnival
week he also directed the jewelry burg
laries which have been reported, and by
hich he and his pals cleared $40, 900.
Kearns succeeded in eluding the officers,
but important papers have been discov-
cred by the detectives which will be IN
strumental in effecting tho arrest of the
remainder of the gang in Western Can
ada. 1t is estimated that at least
$500, 900 in counterfeit has been passed
by them.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
Striking fsYiuterS.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March AT l
o'clock this afternoon the compositors on
all the newspapers and job offices in this
city went out on a strike for an advance
of five cents in the price of composition.
MILWAUKEE, March 1.-The strike of
printers which took place here to-day is
the largest that ever occurred in this
city. 1t includes all compositors EN-
ployed on three English daily papers
and all those in the job offices with one
exception. About go printers are out
The newspaper publishers have signed
an agreement pledging themselves to
stand by each other aud by the new
men they employ. They have made ar.
rangements for new force OF men with
the Printers Protective Fraternity and
expect to have an adequate number be-
fore the close of the week. That organ.
ization admits to its membership all non
union men employed in printing offices.
The result of the strike will probably be
to break up for the present the Typo
graphical Union here, which for years
past has controlled most of the printing
establishments of the city.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
EASTERN.
George Hearst on the Sill,
yer Question.
STRIKING MILWAUKEE EE TYPOS
A Possibility that No Extra Ses-
sion of Congress May be
Necessary.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
CHICAGO, Nj arch Limited States
Senator. elect George Hearst, of Califor.
MIA, who arrived here to-day, left this
evening for Washington to be sworn in.
He says he will be in the Senate 10 effect
some changes on the currency denomina.
ton. He wants gold coin to be issued
in denominations not less than tho $40
piece, so that all great moneyed transac-
tions can be made with gold. He wants
silver to be made to fill the medium of
"small change" To do this he desires
that silver certificates be issued in de-.
nominations of S. and $40 notes and
lower, and have certificate dollars take
the place of the silver dollar. The silver
dollar and silver certificates, Re says,
are q nuisance, as the silver half. dollar
meets the convenience of all. Cleve-
land, he claims, is to-day more of a
silver man than when he first came to
the Capital,